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CVE-2014-4049
Heap-based buffer overflow in the php_parserr function in ext/standard/dns.c in PHP 5.6.0beta4 and earlier allows remote servers to cause…
Medium5.1EPSS 10.9%
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Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the php_parserr function in ext/standard/dns.c in PHP 5.6.0beta4 and earlier allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS TXT record, related to the dns_get_record function.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.9% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (25)
- 59329 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0868 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 59418 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21683486 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 59496 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1030435 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1766 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 59652 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 68007 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 59513 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- HPSBUX03102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0869 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 60998 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 59270 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2015-04-08-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6443 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0841 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108447 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2961 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1765 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/b34d7849ed90ced9345f8ea1c59bc8d101c18468 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140613 Re: CVE request: PHP heap-based buffer overflow in DNS TXT record parsing (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0942 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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